Over Thanksgivings weekend, my family and I went to watch "127 Hours." "127 Hours" is a movie about the inspiring story of Aaron Ralston - who after five days of getting pinned by a falling boulder while hiking in the desert in the Utah Canyons had to self-amputate his arm to save himself. The movie is made by Danny Boyle - the same director who made Slumdog Millionaire. … [Read more...] about 127 Hours – Why the China Bashing?
Opinion
America enters Thanksgiving with trumpet for war over North Korea
As America enters this weekend of Thanksgiving celebration, North Korea's recent shelling of Yeonpyeong Island (currently held by South Korea) will be widely discussed among family and friends. Thanksgiving is a U.S. holiday to commemorate help the Massachusetts based Wampanoag Native Americans in the 1600's provided to the newly arrived European pilgrims to cultivate the land … [Read more...] about America enters Thanksgiving with trumpet for war over North Korea
A point by point rebuttal to the 2010 USCC Annual Report
In my prior post, "The 2010 USCC Annual Report is ‘truthless, prejudicial’," I ranted about the 2010 USCC Annual Report and reiterated Chinese Foreign Ministry call that the report was "truthless" and "prejudicial." Some of you expressed privately that I should address the report seriously, especially, as this is an "official" position taken by a branch of the U.S. … [Read more...] about A point by point rebuttal to the 2010 USCC Annual Report
The 2010 USCC Annual Report is ‘truthless, prejudicial’
Recently, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) released their "2010 Annual Report" (complete in PDF) to the U.S. Congress, criticizing China over many issues. The USCC's purpose is as follows: To monitor, investigate, and submit to congress an annual report on the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between … [Read more...] about The 2010 USCC Annual Report is ‘truthless, prejudicial’
Software Piracy down by 13%, but how CCTV News reported it just sucked
CCTV is usually excellent. They have really good English language programming too. Occasionally I will run across programs or segments that make me want to cringe, like someone had just scratched his nails on a black board. In this segment, they are reporting 45% of software installed in all computers in China are pirated, and the trend over the last few years have been … [Read more...] about Software Piracy down by 13%, but how CCTV News reported it just sucked